For today, links to two reports: from Reuters and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (SYRIA 10-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, MEDIA, LEBANON, WEST BANK and GAZA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 6  U.S. to establish military presence in Damascus to monitor potential Israel-Syria security pact. From Reuters. The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter tell Reuters. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 9  Syrian Alawites protest child abduction, sectarian murders. From the Cradle. Alawites in Syria’s coastal city of Latakia held a protest march on Oct. 9, while parents refused to send their children to school in communities across western and central Syria, to protest the shocking kidnapping of a young Alawite boy in front of his school earlier this week — this as . . . READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to three reports: from Middle East Eye, Anadolu Ajansi, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (LEBANON 11-3-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, LEBANON, GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli military attacks southern Lebanon’s Aita Al-Jabal, issues more warnings: report. From Middle East Eye. Israeli forces have launched a fresh attack on southern Lebanon, targeting the town of Aita al-Jabal, the country’s National News Agency is reporting. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Anadolu Ajansi and the Cradle.

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For today, a link to a report from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK 11-5-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON, GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli forces conduct raids across West Bank, settlers forcibly displaced six families. From Middle East Eye. Israeli forces have conducted multiple raids and detained Palestinians across the West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to five reports: from Agence France-Presse, Anadolu Ajansi, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 11-5-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON, WEST BANK and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israel declares Egypt border area closed military zone due to weapon-smuggling drones. From AFP. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz today said he instructed the army to turn the area at the border with Egypt into a closed military zone claiming that it was to combat weapons smuggling via drones, “part of the war in Gaza.” READ MORE . . . Click HERE for AFP report in French, and a map, and HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.

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Israel rejects over 100 aid requests for Gaza during ceasefire: UN, by Merve Aydogan | Anadolu Ajansi  HAMILTON, Canada — The UN said today that Israel rejected 107 requests for the entry of relief materials into the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 10 ceasefire, blocking essential humanitarian supplies. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Anadolu report in French. 

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A return to Gaza for sobering post-war tour. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Leila Fadel | NPR  Estrin visits Gaza for the first time since the war began, touring the destruction in northern Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM NOV. 5  A journalist’s journey to Gaza’s front line. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR  A rare glimpse inside the Israeli-occupied zone of devastated Gaza. Click HERE to listen and read.

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For today, links to two reports: from the Associated Press and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (MEDIA 11-1-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON, WEST BANK and GAZA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 4  Mona Ziade, who helped shape the AP’s Middle East coverage in the 1980s and ‘90s, dies at age 65, by Bassem Mroue | AP  BEIRUT — Mona Ziade, who covered major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and ‘90s for the Associated Press, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon’s civil war and Arab-Israeli peace talks, died Tuesday. She was 65. READ MORE . . .

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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal documents show, by Jeff Horwitz | Reuters  Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue — or $16 billion — from running . . . READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to a report from National Public Radio and to an article of commentary via Middle East Monitor; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK 11-3-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, UKRAINE and CHENEY entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters leave them in fear. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR  The number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters is at a five-year high. Groves have been vandalized, and many farmers are too frightened to collect their olives. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Why Israel and the U.S. are losing the future, by Ranjan Solomon | Middle East Monitor  As settler power frays in Washington and Tel Aviv, the world does not merely witness geopolitical decline, it witnesses . . . READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to two reports: from the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse, and to an article of commentary via Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA 11-4-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, UKRAINE and CHENEY entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as exchanges outlined in fragile ceasefire proceeds, by Wafaa Shurafa and Sam Metz | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Officials at Gaza’s largest functioning hospital said today that the bodies of 15 more Palestinians were returned from Israel, as exchanges outlined . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE and HERE for report from AFP/AFP in English and French.

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Why Israel and the U.S. are losing the future, by Ranjan Solomon | Middle East Monitor  As settler power frays in Washington and Tel Aviv, the world does not merely witness geopolitical decline, it witnesses . . . READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to two reports from the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (UKRAINE 11-4-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, WEST BANK and CHENEY entries are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Ukrainian drones strike oil facilities in Russia’s Yaroslavl region. From the Moscow Times. Early morning Ukrainian drone strikes damaged oil pumping stations in the Yaroslavl region north of Moscow, local authorities said today. READ MORE . . .

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At least 15 Russian regions recruiting reservists to guard oil facilities against drone attacks – Vyorstka. From the Moscow Times. Authorities in at least 15 Russian regions are recruiting residents into a new mobilization reserve to guard strategic infrastructure, including oil refineries targeted by Ukrainian drones, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to a report from WBUR, to a 2003 communiqué via Consortium News, and to a 2003 article from CounterPunch; other published material is accessible by clicking on their call letters or names below. (CHENEY 11-4-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries for this day, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 4  Remembering Dick Cheney’s role in politics and legacy. Scott Tong of WBUR speaks with Julian Zelizer of Princeton University’s School of Public & International Affairs about Cheney’s tenure as “perhaps the most powerful and controversial vice president in U.S. history.” Click HERE to listen.

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FROM JULY 24, 2003, and NOV. 4, 2025  VIPS on Dick Cheney: Intelligence unglued. From Consortium News.  Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity sent a memo to President George W. Bush about Cheney’s deceptive role in the Iraq invasion, published by Consortium News in 2003. CN’s intro this week begins that he “played a critical role in cooking the intelligence that paved the way for the criminal U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.” READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 10, 2003  On the forging of intelligence, by Ray Close | CounterPunch  There was a small but very important passage in Mohammad Elbaradei’s testimony on behalf of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency before the UNSC last week that cries out for further investigation. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, Reuters, and Le Monde; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history, dies at 84, by Calvin Woodward | AP  WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from NPR, Middle East Eye and Reuters, and HERE and HERE for beginnings of report from Le Monde in English and French.

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